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Edisto

Edisto proper noun: a subtribe of the now-extinct Cusabo, a Native American tribal group who lived in what is now South Carolina. Also the ellipsis of Edisto Beach.

Proper noun

Edisto

  1. (historical) A subtribe of the now-extinct Cusabo, a Native American tribal group who lived in what is now South Carolina.
  2. One of South Carolina's Sea Islands, the larger part of which lies in Charleston County, with its southern tip in Colleton County.
  3. A free-flowing blackwater river in South Carolina, flowing from its sources in Saluda and Edgefield counties, to its Atlantic Ocean mouth at Edisto Beach.
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Noun

Edisto (plural Edistos)

  1. (historical) A member of the Native American subtribe of South Carolina.

Also used as

Edisto is also the ellipsis of Edisto Beach.

Forms of Edisto

Proper noun
alternative formEdistow
Noun
pluralEdistos

Words formed from Edisto

Questions about Edisto

What does Edisto mean?
Edisto means a subtribe of the now-extinct Cusabo, a Native American tribal group who lived in what is now South Carolina.
What part of speech is Edisto?
Edisto can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Edisto in the dictionary

  1. edisonade
  2. edisonades
  3. Edisonian
  4. Edisons
  5. edistin
  6. Edisto
  7. Edisto Beach
  8. Edistos
  9. Edistow
  10. Edistows
  11. edisylate

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